The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-19
TEMPERANCE.

TEMPERANCE.
Current Phases Of the war ON the Abuses
ofthe Liquor Trsnlc.
A correspondent Of the Voice (Prohibi-
ton organ) propounds to It the following ques-
tionc: "If prohibition prohibits, why has
Maine, with 6lSy000 people, s61 men retailing
liquors, while Arkansas, where the liquor busi-
ness is licensed, with population of $4,000.
has but ESQ? If prohibition prohibits, why has
Kansas, with $4,000 people, 2ySls men retailing
liquors, while South Carolina, where the liquor
business is licensed, with population Of
$4,000, has but e3Sf If prohibition prohibits,
why has Iowa, with 100000 people, s,7ee men
retailing liquors, while Alabama, where the
liquor business is licensed, with q popula-
tion of 1,200,0O, has but 1,0sS7' The ed
itor replies as follows: "Your facts
are but half-facts. Arkansas, South Car
olina and Alabama are largely under local pro
hi6ition, which accounts chiefly for the: small
number Of retailers. Maine has not 961, nor
Arkansas 2,3ls, nor Iowa 100 retail liquor deal
ers. What you mean is that there were 30
But in Maine that includes the forty dealers
who were short time ago languishing at the
same time in the Portland Jail, in spite Of their
Federal permits In Iowa it includes the lOC
or more in Sioux City who have been driven
out of the State or thrown into Jail In spite of
their permits For the Federal permit can
be obtained BY any one on payment of e25; but
It gives no one the right to violate any laws OF
the State or city in which he lives. In Maine
Kansas or Iowa man with Federal permit
can be arrested just as quickly for selling
liquor as any other man."
The Bates bill, which is supported by
the Republican caucus in the Michigan Legis-
latlre, raises the tax on, all liquor sellers (bott
those dealing in spirituous and those dealing
in malt beverages) to $500 per annum those
convicted of violating the law are to forfeit
the $500 tax and be debarred from selling during
the rest of the year, and fine may also be Inn
posed; saloons are to be closed at 9 P. M. in
stead Of 10, and both back doors and front
doors must be shut; the village or city shall
receive one-half of the tax money, and the re-
mainder shall go to the county no public Off
cial shall sign liquor bond, and no one con-
nected with the liquor business shall do 80
selling or giving liquor to minors in places
where intoxicating liquors are sold is to be
prima-facie evidence of intent to violate the
law; druggists shall not write prescriptions
for liquor to be filled by them, and the same
prescription shall be used only once; all sa-
looms and places where liquor is sold shall be
in front room on the first floor, and no screens
shall be on the windows or doors, nor shall the
view of the bar from the sidewalk be in any
way obstructed.
A new prOhibitOry law has been
enacted by the Rhode Island Legislature. the
principal features of which are as follows
Making the presence of an excess of two per
cent. of alcohol in LIQUOR prima- -facie evidence
that 1t Is intoxicating; giving the chief Of
State police ten salaried deputies for use in any
m 'H y,Da os tha s.ae sae seaau n,,
a,,thoritv To arrest and hold a prisoner twelve
hos,ra without a warrant making dr,,nlrannaae
a stat,,torv ofYense. with a maximum nena,tr
of S10 fine Or ten davs, imnrisonment. ,,,ali,,o
the Leev,no ~ 4 cl,h-room a naroI os,en.a tte
may;m,,y, nenaltv he,ng A M, f,no ond a ,,eo,,s
imprisonment.
DR.. W. T. Northrup. a prominent phv.
s,cisn at Haverbill scioto county n. was MIR
dered April 81 by Thomas MCCOY. a saloon
keeper. and his brother and nephews. because
DIR. Northrup had been active in favor of local
option. They waylaid him and AIRED nm him
with pistols and shotguns. The murdererf
tha oeator noo.Msa .h suo nas neo1
81 a. ss-,o 1900, . y. A..
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The temperance sentiment is growing
in Great Britain. One religious paper, the
Cnristian Commonwealth, has indeed begun to
talk about the formation of Prohibition
party in England. Such talk, of course, is pre-
nn;",o. uuS w.. eten now .nese - sstons puDlie
the drink evil. evil Christian neon neop,e a. in Ens,an5 GLAND
also confess with shame their resnonsibiIit, An nit,
for for the intem @ nersnce Of the % nstsve S raoe. y
Ios.s ~. s''o '"''p0'aAoe VI 'ne n"'i'e RACES IL
AiiuA'
A bill has been introduced IN the Illi.
nois Ieo,slat,,ra making ~ ur,svf,,, for on, an,
common com carrier or % other cornoration eneaosJ nv. S
70 eTnrIov ep,, ,erso,, n oor,,aotso,, ,-,t,
transnorfatton who ,,ses intoricat;n~ Mn,ors
except as a medicine in actual casas Of sict.
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The Legislature of Ohio has passed the
b,,i reouirinr that tbe nat,,rs Ar and ~ emscts N .,
oioh,, ,,,a "a o s.n*.oo y. snI ., eno.s y,
ALCOHOLIC r, orinks KS ana narcotics ON the human
Ghs !. tha sta. ~ snv . ppno Sn .cnoo,s
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